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Vendor - The general, all-inclusive term used by librarians to refer to individuals or companies, other than publishers, from whom library materials are purchased. A distinction is normally made between book vendors (see also Bookseller, Dealer, Jobber, Wholesaler) and serials vendors (see also Agent, Continuation dealer, Dealer, Serials vendor, Subscription agent). Book vendors provide libraries the convenience of buying the books of numerous publishers and receiving a consolidated invoice for their purchases. They may also offer a variety of other services, such as approval plans, standing orders, order status reports, electronic ordering, claiming and supplying catalog cards, book pockets, and book jackets with the books. Serials vendors place and renew a library's serials orders and offer the benefits of consolidated billing and claiming. Both book and serials vendors may provide such computer-based customer services as management reports and the electronic or tape transmission of bibliographic or invoice data.

Volume - 1. In the bibliographic sense, a major division of a work, regardless of its designation by the publisher, distinguished from other major divisions of the same work by having its own inclusive title page, half title, cover title, or portfolio title, and usually independent pagination, foliation, or signatures. This major bibliographic unit may include various title pages and/or paginations. 2. In the material sense, all that is contained in one binding, portfolio, etc., whether as originally issued or as bound after issue. The volume as a material unit may not coincide with the volume as a bibliographic unit. [AACR2, rev]